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Not a bad result btw. Liverpool remain below us and we're 3 points ahead. Nice.

Why is his grammar so bad? Because he's a thick cunt anarl.

I suppose this has been the highlight of the game so far?

Maybe a good thing I'm not watching this game then.....

Saha will save the day methinks.

My bad.

Indeed, he's declared himself for them. EDIT: ah, just seen that he's wanted to play for the Republic for a while now. Fair enough.

If McClean continues to perform well, he could very well be an outside bet for the Euro 2012 Ireland squad this summer. (Though it does spark the Northern Ireland vs the Republic debate, hmmm).

should be a smile.

Barton has since been informed that no action will be taken against him: Lucky boy really.

(For the foreseeable future anyway).

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks. He did put in a few crosses BUT I am referring more to as soon as he gets the ball, forget taking 5 or so touches, either a first time cross or one touch to control the ball and cross it in What I was referring to was the early crossing. He did it a lot more yesterday than he ever has done (though yeah, he needs to do it a lot more). Of course, there were times when he took a touch too many (hence why I said his poor decision making is still there).

Awkward!

Nope, he scored in his second appearance for the club iirc.

wilfmcf wilfrid mcfarlane @TaylorR1984 any chance you'll be fit for the mackem game coming from holland #OverTheWall 1 hour ago TaylorR1984 Ryan Taylor @wilfmcf most definately. Nice

Is Coloccini the type to give Simpson an earful in such situations? Maybe those who sit behind the goals can help answer that? Well the Spurs game at St. James' last season comes to mind. I remember Colo (and Harper) giving Simpson a right earful after we conceded that late Lennon goal (Simpson kept backing off which allowed Lennon too much space).

All out attack tbh.

Quite literally doesn't know anything. Probably just his own opinions and a bit of a guess at what the general feeling might be. Some of his tweets are a disgrace and embarrassing and what about blog on the tyne I've also seen him championing Ryan Taylor an awful lot lately, saying he should be in with a shout of getting player of the year Ryder is quite frankly, one of the worst journalists to have ever graced the North East. Chief Sports Editor for the Chronicle ffs

What happened? Was it that eye injury? EDIT: ah cruciate ligament injury to his knee. Ouch indeed.

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks.

Can honestly see him "being made an example of". The shite he's come out with during this trial man, there really is some dodgyness there. Rosie 47 ffs!

I'm liking Raylor's profile picture. Great choice

It's called having a squad though isn't it mate, it's daft how much people on here panic when we've got more than one decent player for each position. Indeed, it is great for squad depth that we have a player who is more than capable of doing a job when the first choice player is out. However, will Guthrie be happy being second fiddle to Tiote and Cabaye? He might want more regular football elsewhere (which is understandable) so like I've said, hope he signs a new contract. We've seen already that Tiote and Cabaye aren't going to be fit / not suspended at the same time for much of the time, and that's just accounting for when we play 4-4-2 tbh. Guthrie will get in the side when he's playing this sort of football most of the time and Pardew will tell him so if he's not daft. Fair points and Tiote will presumably be off to the ACoN again next year so yeah, I guess Guthrie will continue to get opportunities.

It's called having a squad though isn't it mate, it's daft how much people on here panic when we've got more than one decent player for each position. Indeed, it is great for squad depth that we have a player who is more than capable of doing a job when the first choice player is out. However, will Guthrie be happy being second fiddle to Tiote and Cabaye? He might want more regular football elsewhere (which is understandable) so like I've said, hope he signs a new contract.

Hopefully the lad will sign a new contract. Though there is that dilemma on what to do when Cabaye and Tiote are back. It would be really harsh to drop Guthrie but I honestly think Cabaye and Tiote are better players. However, I really think Guthrie can do a job in a midfield 3. It's not outside the realms of possibility.